Norway's DNO International reported that its just-completed Tawke-16 well in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq flowed at a cumulative rate in excess of 25,000 barrels per day of between 26 and 27-degree API gravity oil from multiple, independently tested zones.

The company expects to connect the well to existing pipeline and processing facilities by mid-April, boosting the Tawke field's deliverability.

The Tawke-16 well was designed to probe and appraise the un-drilled northern flank of the Tawke field. It reached total depth of 7,770 feet (2,369 meters) and encountered over 1,150 feet (350 meters) of gross continuous oil column in the Cretaceous interval of the Tawke field. The well was spud in late December 2011 and the cost to drill, complete and test the well was under $7 million.

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